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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Oxalidaceae
Oxalis stricta L.
common yellow oxalis, tall wood-sorrel
Oxalis: from the Greek oxus for "sour," referring to the pleasantly sour taste of the leaves and stem
stricta: erect, tight, rigid
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect or drooping, perennial, 5"-25" tall forb, hairy, creeping, weedy |
| Flower: | yellow, 5-parted, 1/3" -3/4" wide, usually held below the leaves; inflorescence 2-7 stalked flowers in a cluster branching with age; blooms June-Oct. |
| Fruit: | 1/3"-1/2" capsule on mostly erect stalks |
| Leaf: | 3-parted, alternate |
| Habitat: | dry; prairies, disturbed sites |
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